Trapped

10

Before I start this, a huge shoutout to @daljiyongbae for still reading my stories <3 

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Everything went extremely well on Dara's end. The work that had to be done in a week's time was finished two days earlier so she decided to immediately catch a plane back to Seoul to report to YGE and hopefully arrive earlier on the set of 'Inn'.

She was fresh out of the plane and her suitcase - that was covered in stickers, fully accentuated that fact.

Seeing her petite frame dragging her huge suitcase made the staff pity her so they volunteered to bring the suitcase to 2ne1's practice room - which Dara gratefully agreed to.

Really, how could a small woman such as herself carry such a huge suitcase!

Dara happily headed to Yang Hyun Suk's office. On the way, she saw CL with furrowed eyebrows and a scowl.

She was going to greet her but the woman just walked pass her! Assuming it wasn't a good time for her, she let it go and continued to walk towards their sajangnim's office.

She didn't bother to knock. It was already past 9 in the evening and Yang Hyun Suk - far from his previous self, didn't hold any meetings or would end a meeting before the clock stroke 9.

"Sajangnim!" She happily jumped into view but was taken aback by the atmosphere in room. It was so dull.

Taeyang was standing a few inches away from the couch, Yang Hyun Suk had his head down - appearing to be deep in thought, Seungri was staring into nothing, and Taehee was about to kill the throw pillow he was holding.

"Uh? Earth to men?" She chuckled. Are these people pulling a prank on her? "I came here to surprise people and this wasn't the reaction I was expecting."

Like programmed robots, all four men turned to look at her at the same time and as if realizing that she wasn't a standee, a hologram or their imagination, Taeyang and Seungri's eyes widened.

"Noona." Taeyang couldn't believe it. They were just talking about her and here she was.

Sensing that something was wrong, Dara immediately turned serious as she walked towards the person closest to her - Taeyang.

"Youngbae-ah, what happened?" Her voice was laced with worry as she held the man's shoulders, staring into his eyes as if she would get the answers she wanted by just looking at them. "Tell me. What happened? Why are all of you so out of it? Please don't scare me. Is it one of the girls? Is it Hyorin? What happened to your wife? Is she fine? Did you fight? Dong Youngbae! Answer me. Please."

Taeyang just stood there - unmoving. Seeing Dara's worried face made his guilt multiply by a thousand.

Dara grew more anxious by the minute. Taeyang wasn't answering her so she turned to look at Taehee and asked him what was going on, but just like Taeyang,  he just started at her. She turned to look at Yang Hyun Suk, hoping to get answers from him, but just like everyone else, he was also just staring at her. 

"Seungri-ah." She left Taeyang and walked towards Seungri. The man was taller than her so she had to look up at him. "Tell me. What happened?"

Dara was an anxious mess. No one was answering her. She was growing more anxious by the minute and when she couldn't handle it anymore, a tear rolled down her cheek, snapping everyone out of their trance.

Seungri immediately engulfed her in a hug, not wanting to see her tears as it would only torture him more.

"What's happening? Why aren't you answering me? Did something happen to the girls? Did Taeyang and Hyorin fight? Are your Hyungs fighting again? Please answer me Seungri-ah. Noona wants to now. I want to help."